On Monday, 15 May 2023 18:16:06 BST Wols Lists wrote:
> On 15/05/2023 17:18, Michael wrote:
> > On Monday, 15 May 2023 17:11:45 BST Wols Lists wrote:
> >> On 15/05/2023 03:51, William Kenworthy wrote:
> >>> Checked your menu? XFCE has a "mouse and touchpad" under settings with a
> >>> number of useful items including acceleration, double click timings etc.
> >> 
> >> Yes. As I remember, KDE USED to have such a menu ...
> >> 
> >> Cheers,
> >> Wol
> > 
> > Still does:
> > 
> > Go to SystemSettings > Input Devices > Mouse
> > 
> > (also there are menus for Keyboard, Game Controller, Drawing Tablet,
> > Touchpad, Touchscreen, Virtual Keyboard).
> 
> The MENU is there. The settings ARE NOT.
> 
> You can set pointer speed, swap left and right mouse buttons, and that's
> about it. I've got a fancy gaming mouse and there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
> beyond the complete basics that is configurable :-(
> 
> No middle button settings. No double click speed. No extra button
> settings. Zilch. Nada. F.all.
> 
> Cheers,
> Wol

Check the attached screenshots, relevant to this laptop.  There's pointer 
speed and scrolling speed for the USB mouse I have attached.  I use libinput 
for years now and as far as I recall I have not changed the default settings.  
I think different mouse models would generate different inputs and would offer 
more settings.  Mine is a simple wired optical mouse.